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Number 9 SEPTEMBER 2011
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Features 42 Unshuffling Erdnase by Marty Demarest 56 Erdnase Country 42 The Magician as Detective: New Light on Erdnase by David Alexander
Columns 10 12 13 14
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Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman Now Performing On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Magicana by David Acer
14 LuLu Lemon by Chris Mayhew and Ryan Pilling 16 Discipline by Cameron Francis 18 Red Rising by Chris Randall The Genii Session Notes on Erdnase By Roberto Giobbi Lodestones by Tom Stone Kismet Poker by Jonas Ljung
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48 The Chamber of Secrets The Card Star by John Gaughan
Light from the Lamp 86 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
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Aleph Wallet by Vernet Magic Sleeve Star by David Jay Max’s Any Card at Any Number by Max Krause The PM Card Mark System by Pete McCabe Insignia by Eric Ross Chop by Craig Petty Scared by Jamie Daws SloMotion by Joe Litvinchuck
Photo by Damon Webster
Zakary Belamy Kari Hendler Damon Webster
89 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
89 The Invisible Billet (MP3 audio CD with PDF file) Artful Mentalism: 3 Secrets (MP3 audio CD with PDF files) by Bob Cassidy 90 One Move: The Dixon Drop by Doc Dixon 90 Bold by Rus Andrews 91 The Card Solutions of Solomon by David Solomon
93 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
93 Al Schneider Magic by Al Schneider 94 Kodell: Do Something Different by Jack Kodell 94 Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham 96 Advertisers Index
48 Photo by Zakary Belamy
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